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DdC · 05-11-2008, 04:24 AM

Bill C-51 Will Eliminate Natural Health Products, Vitamins, Non-Pharmaceuticals

A former New Democrat MP claims that the Conservative government's proposed amendments to the Food and Drugs Act are the result of lobbying from big pharmaceutical companies. Lyle MacWilliam, who represented Okanagan-Shuswap from 1988 to 1993, told the Georgia Straight he formed part of former Liberal health minister Allan Rock's 17-member transition team that helped set up the Office of Natural Health Products, now the Natural Health Products Directorate, where "the landscape for a new regulatory structure for NHPs arose". Bill C-51 would amend the Food and Drugs Act and multiple other statutes, and this has MacWilliam worried for the fate of the natural-health-product industry, which he said will be placed under "stringent" and onerous conditions. full story
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Holy Smoke, in Nelson BC Nelson, BC "Holy Smoke" Shop Owners Defend Designated Dealers at Trial

Four Nelson men accused of selling marijuana say they were practising harm reduction techniques intended to reduce street-level drug dealing, while also making a political statement about the illegal status of the drug they consider a holy sacrament. The men's lawyer, Don Skogstad, said on Monday at the start of the trial that his clients admit they sold drugs to undercover police officers two years ago, but said he will argue the sales were part of a harm reduction program. full story
Bill C-51 Will Eliminate Natural Health Products, Vitamins, Non-Pharmaceuticals

05-11-2008, 04:24 AM	#23 (permalink)
DdC Decade Yahookan Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: Santa Cruz,CA,USA Posts: 2,088 Blog Entries: 5 Thanks: 47 Thanked 570 Times in 378 Posts	Bill C-51 Will Eliminate Natural Health Products, Vitamins, Non-Pharmaceuticals A former New Democrat MP claims that the Conservative government's proposed amendments to the Food and Drugs Act are the result of lobbying from big pharmaceutical companies. Lyle MacWilliam, who represented Okanagan-Shuswap from 1988 to 1993, told the Georgia Straight he formed part of former Liberal health minister Allan Rock's 17-member transition team that helped set up the Office of Natural Health Products, now the Natural Health Products Directorate, where "the landscape for a new regulatory structure for NHPs arose". Bill C-51 would amend the Food and Drugs Act and multiple other statutes, and this has MacWilliam worried for the fate of the natural-health-product industry, which he said will be placed under "stringent" and onerous conditions. full story Marc holds the first movie about him, Messing Up The System. Photo by Teresa T. Marc Emery: A Pothead's Pursuit of Justice London, Ontario - Marc Emery is standing behind the counter at his former business, the City Lights bookstore on Richmond Street, talking about his quixotic quest to end society's prohibition on marijuana. "My argument for marijuana is not that it's good for you and not that it's safe," he says. "It's that any law that punishes peaceful and honest behaviour is an unjust law and must be struck down." Canada's self-proclaimed "prince of pot" -- the man whose ongoing legal battle with the U.S. government has prompted profiles by the Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone magazine, 60 Minutes, CNN and CBC -- is in London to visit his ailing mother. But Emery rarely passes up a chance to proselytize. And so, he talks. full story The Drug War and US prison system are broken beyond repair Tough-On-Crime Policies Ineffective, US Sentencing Expert Contends OTTAWA - The Harper government is embracing tough-on-crime policies even as the United States backs away from similar approaches that have produced record levels of incarceration, huge taxpayer costs and racialized prisons, says an American expert on sentencing policy. "We've had this get-tough movement for three decades now," says Marc Mauer, executive director of the Sentencing Project, which promotes reforms in sentencing law and alternatives to incarceration. "If that's the best way to produce safety, we should be the safest country in the world, and clearly that's not the case." full story Kaara, Dana and Rebecca celebrate 420 Vancouver Seed Bank Celebrates Two Years! Vancouver's newest marijuana seed outlet is celebrating their two-year anniversary with a big party on Saturday, May 31st. "I can't believe that it's been two years," says Dana Larsen, former editor of Cannabis Culture Magazine and co-founder of the Vancouver Seed Bank (VSB). "We are going to have a great party at the end of May." Larsen founded the VSB with his partner Rebecca Ambrose in May 2006, less than a year after their friend Marc Emery was charged with exporting marijuana seeds to the USA. Emery is still facing extradition and could get a 30 year sentence in an American prison. full story Holy Smoke, in Nelson BC Nelson, BC "Holy Smoke" Shop Owners Defend Designated Dealers at Trial Four Nelson men accused of selling marijuana say they were practising harm reduction techniques intended to reduce street-level drug dealing, while also making a political statement about the illegal status of the drug they consider a holy sacrament. The men's lawyer, Don Skogstad, said on Monday at the start of the trial that his clients admit they sold drugs to undercover police officers two years ago, but said he will argue the sales were part of a harm reduction program. full story Bill C-51 Will Eliminate Natural Health Products, Vitamins, Non-Pharmaceuticals __________________ Al Capone and Watergate were red herrings to divert the countries attention from the Fascist acts of eliminating competition. Booze/Ethanol then Ganja//Hemp.